 I wasn't very long until I knew exactly what my mama been talking about. I knew what I had to do, but I made myself this gullible lie. That I was going to be a lady someday, though I didn't know when or how. But I couldn't keep spinning the rest of my life with my head locked down in shame. You know I might have been born just plain white, right? But that's the world where my name stands. Here's the one chance, baby, don't let me down.